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Putnam, Leslie N., 1887-1954,. Collection, 1954.

Title: Collection, 1954.

Typed summary of first interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Putnam family and their lumberyard business. Mentions Ralph L. Miller, business partner of T.N. Putnam; Leslie Putnam's struggle to retain the farm; T.N.'s career in lumber business; his election as Foster County Treasurer and both houses of N.D. legislature. Second interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett mentions L.B. Hanna's purchase in 1932 of the Carrington and Casey ranch, includes references to Hanna's involvement with the lumber business, his lumber purchases from Putnam-Miller Co., L.B and his son, Robert Hanna, raising Angus cattle.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29817601 View

Putnam, Thomas N., 1855-1931. Family papers, 1868-1955.

Title: Family papers, 1868-1955.

Personal and business correspondence, clippings, and records relating to Putnam's family, his life and work, including lumber and coal business, agriculture, banking, insurance, land holdings, legal affairs, Red Cross, North Dakota National Guard, World War I, the depression, Moore and Graves Seed Co., N.D. Grimm Alfalfa Association, Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation, and taxes. Includes material from his years in Brainerd, Minn. lumber business and land deals in Carrington, N.D. and Canada. Also includes historical material on Carrington and Foster County, N.D. Correspondents include his sons, Frank and Hugh, Lyman R. Casey, Nathan Graves, L.B. Hanna, Edward P. Kelly, William Frank Moore, and James Morris.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29872745 View

Hanna, Robert L., 1902-1955,. Collection of papers, 1946, 1954-1956.

Title: Collection of papers, 1946, 1954-1956.

Two interviews with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Carrington and Casey Land Company, L.B. Hanna, George Palmer, and Hanna Stock Farm. George Palmer was superintendent of Carrington and Casey Land Company, and later purchased it in partnership with L.B. Hanna. Registered Angus cattle dispersal sale pamphlet from the Hanna Stock Farm and newspaper clipping of Robert Hanna's obituary included.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28910608 View

Youmans, Grant S. (Grant Samuel), 1876-1959. Papers, 1914-1919

Title: Papers, 1914-1919

The Grant S. Youmans Papers consist of two books written by Youmans. The first, published in 1914 and entitled Legalized Bank Robbery, concerns the trouble he had with his Minot banking business due to his support for Socialist causes. Justice Held for Ransom, written in 1919, is an outgrowth of his attempts to obtain justice for what he perceived as the crimes against him. This book discusses his experiences with S.G. Severtson, as well as A.C. Townley. Both titles are important works for an understanding of the flux and nature of radicalism in North Dakota. Also included is a full page newspaper ad taken out by Youmans in the Minot Daily News on August 3, 1918. In this ad Youmans discusses the same themes he espoused in his two books.The first addition to the Grant S. Youmans Papers consists of two photocopied items. The first is a 1919 pamphlet photocopied from the holdings of the Minnesota Historical Society. The pamphlet is entitled "Townley and Youmans: the farmers want to know the truth about this Townley-Youmans incident. The farmers would like to know who is the crook! Dare you tell them Mr. Townley?" The pamphlet regards the controversy surrounding the alleged bribe offered by Townley to Youmans. Also included is a photocopy of Youmans' published family history, The Yeamans-Yeomans- Youmans Genealogy. The book was originally published in 1946.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/758526148 View

Miller, Ralph L., 1884-1961,. Collection, 1954-1961.

Title: Collection, 1954-1961.

Letter, and two interviews. First interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett mentions Melville, N.D., a business partnership with his uncle, T.N. Putnam, Carrington & Casey farm lands, Peter Zink, an area pioneer, Melville baseball team, and its most famous player, Billy Sunday. Second interview (7 leaves) with Ralph Miller and James Edward (Ed) Galehouse mentions Charlie Wing (known as C.K.), his trading and poker playing, a brothel near Carrington, brief mention of Mrs. Galehouse and Mabel (Morgan) Miller. Also includes two separate stories told by Ralph Miller, one mentioning C.K. Wing borrowing money, the other is about L.B. Hanna, sheep, and Mr. and Mrs. Fernando F. Reimers, and his obituary.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29515828 View

Gumb, Katherine Louise Hughes, 1873-1963. Papers, [ca. 1928-1941].

Title: Papers, [ca. 1928-1941].

Handwritten and typed copies of Mrs. Gumb's unpublished history of Steele County, N.D. which includes histories of townships and the towns of Finley, Hope, Pickert, and Blabon, N.D.; minutes book (1906-1908) of the Old Settlers Association of Griggs and Steele Counties, correspondence with and biographical material on Louis B. Hanna, biographical material on Fingal Enger and Andrew Stavens also included.

ArchivalResource: .8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28856603 View

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Subject Correspondence Files

Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Subject Correspondence Files

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Hoag, Simon Veeder, 1833-1920. Papers, 1874-1926.

Title: Papers, 1874-1926.

Letters of invitation from Red River Valley Old Settlers Assn. (1907-1926) to Gov. John Burke, Representative A.H. Gronna, Thomas F. Marshall, Senator L.B. Hanna, Judson LaMoure, Eben E. Saunders, among others, and records relating to the Dakota Territory, Fargo, and national Granges. Grange materials includes constitutions in English and German, first and second annual sessions proceedings, charter for Fargo Grange chapter. Photocopies of biographical information, clippings of daughter Gertrude's retirement from teaching in Fargo public schools. Copies of speeches by John Burke at Granville, N.D. on July 4, 1902, Balfour, N.D. on July 4, 1903, and Velva, N.D. on July 4, 1904.

ArchivalResource: .2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29290777 View

Abraham Lincoln statue presentation to Norway document, 1914.

Title: Abraham Lincoln statue presentation to Norway document, 1914.

Document presented to the Kingdom of Norway dedicating a statue of Abraham Lincoln in honor of the centennial anniversary of the country. The document and statue were presented by Governor L.B. Hanna from the people of North Dakota. It is signed by the Governor and Secretary of State Thomas Hall. Also included is a ribbon and American flag worn by presentation committee member Reverend Solomon G. Sarsten of Litchville, North Dakota. The presentation ceremony was held in Christiania, Norway, on July 4, 1914.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441989515 View

Hanna, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1861-1948. Collection, 1914-1948, 1954.

Title: Collection, 1914-1948, 1954.

Brief interview with Leslie R. Putnam about L.B. Hanna's purchase of the Carrington and Casey Land Company in Foster County (N.D.), the 1914 Thanksgiving Day proclamation, and newspaper clippings, including his obituary.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28910639 View

Hanna, Robert L. Robert L. Hanna papers, 1938-1941.

Title: Robert L. Hanna papers, 1938-1941.

The papers document the business records for the family's ranch. Robert's father, Louis B. Hanna, a former governor of North Dakota, was also involved in the ranch.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71800087 View

Hanna, Louis Benjamin, 1861-1948. Louis B. Hanna papers, 1871-1948.

Title: Louis B. Hanna papers, 1871-1948.

Consists of correspondence, speeches, notes, telegrams, deeds and abstracts, printed material, photographs, bonds and stock certificates, ephemera, political memorabilia, journals, ledgers, programs, invitations, scrapbooks, postal cards, records of the Clough and Hanna Lumber Yard and the L.B. Hanna General Store, and artifacts. Papers relate to business and personal affairs, politics, masonic activities, banking, activities as Governor of North Dakota, travel in Europe, and the Peace Ship expedition.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17869641 View

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Report of Council Meeting

Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Report of Council Meeting

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6920241 View

Angliss, Frederick C., 1861-1927. Frederick C. Angliss letters, 1914, 1926.

Title: Frederick C. Angliss letters, 1914, 1926.

Letters of appreciation from Governor L.B. Hanna to Angliss, a fellow Republican, member of the North Dakota National Guard, and Dickinson (N.D.) businessman.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71377078 View

Ward, Ralph David, 1873-1951. Papers, 1875-1960.

Title: Papers, 1875-1960.

Correspondence dealing chiefly with farming, ranching, legal and financial matters, land transactions, politics, and banking with mention of his 101 Ranch near Minnewaukan, N.D. Biographical stories by his uncle, Henry Ward, about pioneer life in Dakota Territory mentioning the Black Hills gold mining, hunting, 1881 Mandan flood, life in Owego colony in 1873, and hauling freight in a blizzard are included. There are also clippings and articles on Ward's father-in-law, Reuben N. Stevens, and the Ward family; business records and legal papers of Ward and Stevens relating to their agricultural, banking, and business affairs, including tax matters and the North Dakota Taxpayers Association. Correspondents include W.R. Bond, J.E. Davis, Alfred O. Erickson, J.M. Hanley, L.B. Hanna, William Lemke, Porter J. McCumber, J.A. Power, John H. Shepperd, and Luther L. Twichell.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30692245 View